The prefrontal cortex is a cortical area located in the anterior frontal lobe, including several subdivisions (e.g. ventromedial, dorsolateral, orbitofrontal cortices). The prefrontal cortex ...

(A) This is an axial T2 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image showing an acute stroke in the left lateral prefrontal cortex ... in the right lateral frontal cortex. (D) This is a postmortem ...

“The notion that brain development is not complete until near the age of 25 years refers specifically to the development of the prefrontal cortex. That’s part of the frontal lobe, sometimes ...

The Executive Brain is a popular account of the importance of the frontal lobes for human functioning ... lateral and medial areas of the prefrontal cortex, evidence of specific differentiation ...

Their behavior was compared to both healthy controls and controls with lesions in the other parts of the frontal cortex. The ventromedial prefrontal cortex is involved with action control ...

And through pathways of nerve connection to other areas of the brain, the response weakens activity of the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex. Overcoming addiction usually ...

Preexisting neuroanatomical variability is associated with substance use initiation in children younger than 15 years.

Most associations, including thinner prefrontal cortex ... regions (e.g., rostral middle frontal gyrus, β = –0.03) but a thicker cortex in all other lobes, larger globus pallidus, and ...